biography of Paul RABUT (1914-1983)

Birth place: NYC

Addresses: NYC; Westport, CT in 1976

Profession: Illustrator, painter, designer

Studied: CCNY; NAD; ASL; also with Jules Gottlieb, Harvey Dunn & Lewis Daniel.

Exhibited: NAD, 1932 (medal), 1950; PAFA, 1941; SI, 1941-46; Soc. Illustrators, 1941-1972; MMA (AV), 1942; Art Dir. Club, 1942-1953, 1942 (medal), 1943 (medal), 1946 (medal), 1951 (prize); AIC, 1943; State Dept. Traveling Exhib. Advertising Art, Europe & South Am., 1952-1953.

Member: SI; Westport Artists.

Work: USA Med. Mus., Washington, DC; US Postal Service Collection; General Electric Collection. Commissions: Designed 6 cent Natural Hist Commemorative US Postage Stamp, Haida Ceremonial Canoe, 5/6/1970 & 11 cent Airmail Commemorative US Postage Stamp, City of Refuge, National Park Service, 4/3/1972.

Comments: Positions: consultant, primitive art, galleries & collectors; art director & stylist animated films, Fed. Aeronaut Admin., US Army, US Navy & French Govt. Publications: Author/Illustrator, Paul Rabut Visits the Tall Timber," True Magazine, 1949; Author/Illustrator, "My Life as a Head Hunter, Argosy Magazine, 1953; Illustrator, leading national magazines. Teaching: lecturer illustration, photography, primitive arts of Africa & Northwest coast & South Seas. Collection: primitive art, especially Africa, oceanic, pre-Colombian America & American Indian.

Sources: WW73; WW47; Peggy and Harold Samuels, 387."